Should Nigerians return the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to power in 2019, the country will experience another round of recession, Rotimi Amaechi, Transportation Minister, has said.

Mr Amaechi, a former Rivers Governor, stated this on Friday at the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential flag-off campaign in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

“If you vote for the other party, let me tell you what will happen. They are so hungry that if they come out, they will be too busy stealing money that by the time Nigerians realise it, we are back to recession,” the former governor said.

Nigeria experienced its worst economic recession in 2016 under the leadership of the APC. The nation’s economy snapped out of its first recession in 25 years late 2017.

Amaechi who acknowledged that Nigerians were indeed hungry said the hunger is caused by the mindless looting by the PDP which had held sway since 1999 until in 2015 when the party was chased out of power.

“You are hungry because they stole the money. If the money was here, you wouldn’t have been hungry,” he said.

The minister, also the director general of President Muhammadu Buhari re-election campaign, noted the difference between the two major political parties.

“You know, the difference between us and the other party (PDP) is that they are not saying that they are not corrupt.

“They say we are corrupt, but APC is also corrupt. They agree that the president is not corrupt. What they are saying is those around the president are corrupt. But they agree that they are corrupt.

“We are saying as APC that we are not corrupt and that we are fighting corruption. Whether you are APC or PDP, when you are corrupt we will fight you.”

Mr Buhari, accompanied to the rally by the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, and some of the APC governors, is seeking a second term in office.

His administration has severally blamed the PDP for the woes that has befallen his regime even though most of his current associates and allies were former members of the opposition.

Donald95:
I will believe only when I have successfully donated my brains to Olamide for Yahoo plus

Larryfest:
And voting APC won't bring about recession right It seems this guy forgot that it's during this administration the country went into recession and God knows we are still in it till now...

TheGreenLand:

Damsyjay:
Not only recession, it will also bring back disaster to Nigeria

Donald95:


You don't have the capability to understand. Yours is gone already

oluwatosink:
True talk..
No way for useless pdp and Atiku.